Note to ǪrvOdd Lv 8^VIII (Ǫrv 40)

[4] of kynnum ‘around families’: Meaning that Oddr and his companions burn members of families in their halls or houses, not normally regarded in early Scandinavia as a praiseworthy act. This is the reading of 471, which is also preferred by Skj B which, however, understands kynni in the sense ‘dwelling, home’ (LP: kynni 3). A slightly different sense is adopted here, in line with ONP: kynni 2 ‘family, lineage’, although the use of the pl. is unusual. All other eds adopt 7’s um konung ‘around the king’, which is unmetrical and seems to be a lectio facilior. The incident to which this stanza refers is unknown.

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